CommandsUrban Planning
Garden cities, an ideal to be pursued . Cahiers n° 165
April 2013
Understanding At the beginning of the 20th century the concept of the garden city was widespread as a global model for town planning. However, the idea of Ebenezer Howard (1898) to create self-sufficient communities on ...
A new dimension to planning: sustainable development and metropolitan regions . International conference Metrex, 15th may 2009
July 2010
IAU île-de-France is a member of Metrex network, the Network of European Metrop...
Large-scale projects . What can we learn from Europe?
November 2008
This presentation was first made on November 2008 at the Thames Gateway Forum in London (Excel) in the context of the economic crisis starting to affect real estate in the Thames Gateway. Looking at the role of public developers in Europe may help finding new ways to...
The Plaine Saint Denis Regeneration in the Paris Ile-de-France Region . Lessons from the 1998 World Cup
June 2007
The Stade de France, a new multi-use venue built for the Word Cup 1998, was used as a powerful driver in the regeneration of the...
Large-scale urban development projects in Europe . Cahiers n° 146
June 2007
The large-scale urban development projects are one of the instruments of major cities to implement their planning and development strategies. These ambitious and innovative projects symbolise the cities' capacities to ad...
Paris Rive Gauche - 3rd Millenium area of culture, research and education ? . Learning from a mega project
October 2006
Paris Rive Gauche (1990-2020) is one of the most outstanding urban developments in the Paris Region aiming to focus regional development towards the East. Along the banks o...
Taking safety into account in urban development : challenges and methodology . Note rapide n° 377
February 2005
How can urban development meet the population's demand for safety and what solutions can be offered to urban development pr...
Public spaces . Cahiers n° 133-134
July 2002
Changes in society have meant that public space is increasingly a forum of conflict Although rarely addressed per se, public space is very much at the heart of our preoccupations. Changes in society have meant that it is increasingly a forum of conflict, between envi...
Managing the developing cities . New practices
December 2001
Since 1975, the number of cities with populations of over 10 million has grown from 4 to 25, essentially in developing countries. The fundamental issue of urban governance About forty major metropolises constitute majo...
GIS for involvement and decision-making . 30 French experiences
June 2001
The Geographic Information System (GIS) has become today’s ideal decision aid instrument for territories as different as a city, a conurbation, a region and sometimes even an entire country. Not only information and m...
Three centuries of maps in the Ile-de-France - Volume 2 . Cahiers n° 120
January 1998
In its constant concern to gain a better understanding of realities in the Ile-de-France, the IAU îdF has carried out an extensive study of maps of the region, covering a ...
Three centuries of maps in the Ile-de-France - Volume 1 . Cahiers n° 119
December 1997
In its constant concern to gain a better understanding of realities in the Ile-de-France, the IAU îdF has carried out an extensive study of maps of the region, covering ...